Community Conversations

What brings you to your neighborhood library? Books? Programs? Technology? Join this informal conversation with City Librarian Joan Johnson and library staff to let us know why your library is important to you and what role it plays in your neighborhood. We want to hear from you in 2023!

Join us at your library...

• Community Conversations

• Community Conversations Flyer pdf 

• Talking Points Used at Community Conversations pdf
   

Attend a conversation at a partner location...

• Wednesday, May 24, 5-7 p.m. at Journey House, 2110 W. Scott St.
   

Make your voice heard...

Contact your legislators to communicate your personal priorities for the services you’d like to see funded in the upcoming year’s budget.

• My Elected Officials

• Wisconsin State Legislators

Send your note of support to the Joint Committee on Finance for the 2023-2025 biennial budget. Include this message along with your personal note:

I am writing to support a modest increase of $6 million for regional public library system aid in the 2023-2025 biennial budget, as well as cost-to-continue funding for BadgerLink, Newsline for the Blind, and contracts with providers of specialty library services from the Wisconsin Talking Book & Braille Library, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, UW-Madison and Milwaukee Public Library.

Learn more about it...
 

Milwaukee Public Library Preparing for Potentially Significant Budget Cuts
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Community Conversations